On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, ardeith l carter wrote:

> As far as the planet is concerned......no lifeform is more
> "advanced" or more valuable than any other.

Maybe you and Gordon should try to agree on what "advanced" means
first.  I don't think it means or implies "more valuable" or
"more important."  In a classroom, for example, an advanced
student is neither more important nor more valuable than anyone
else.

As far as I can tell, "advanced" just means "ahead of most
others" on some continuum.  But if you don't identify what that
continuum is, it doesn't mean much of anything.

Todd Moody
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